FEEDING FRENZY

feeding frenzy: translation

feeding frenzy UK US noun [C] INFORMAL

► a situation where there is a lot of competition to buy or get something: »

The announcement that the supermarket chain is for sale has triggered a feeding frenzy.

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The scandal has caused a media feeding frenzy.

feeding frenzy: translation

a feeding frenzy

1. Lit. [of sharks] a vicious, competitive feeding attack on prey animals. •

One of the sharks was fatally bitten during a feeding frenzy amongst his own kind.

2. Fig. a vicious attack on someone or something. •

It wasn't an office argument, it was a feeding frenzy led by the head accountant!

feeding frenzy: translation

1) a group of sharks, or other predatory fish, attacking a whale body, a large fish or a school of fish

2) by analogy with the above, excessive media attention